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The business of research is getting more and more data intensive, as digital technology spreads into every discipline. At Jisc we provide shared services such as the Janet network, eduroam wireless roaming and shared data centres – reaching around 18 million people in the research, education and skills sectors. In this session at the HPC and Big Data 2017 conference we heard from the Francis Crick Institute and the Wellcome Trust about how their vision for using digital technology to accelerate science and innovation. We heard how they are using Jisc services to reduce the “time to science”, enable ground breaking research collaborations, and achieve significant operating efficiencies.

5.
About Jisc
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In the
UK
there
is…
470Colleges providing
further
education
160Higher education
institutions
2.3m
Students in HE
4.9m
Learners in FE
23%
Postgraduate
77%
Undergraduate
Funding for FE and skills
£7.7bn
Income of HEIs
£30.7bn
1,085
Providers of further
education and
skills

11.
About Jisc
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Shared Data centre (North):
› Run in partnership with aql
› Tier 3 data centre, designed with HPC in mind
› Able to offer air and water cooling
› Will be connected to the core of Janet at
2x100G initially
› Racks available in 4/10/20/30kW
configurations
› Anchor tenants are Universities of Liverpool,
Leeds, Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam
University
› Expected to be available for service April 2017

12.
About Jisc
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Shared Data centre (South):
› Tier 3 data centre, designed with HPC in
mind. Able to offer air and water cooling
› Connected to the core of Janet at 2x400G
› Racks available in 4/10/20/30kW configurations
› Anchor tenants are UCL, LSE, QMUL, Kings
College, Sanger Institute, Francis Crick Institute
› Other tenants include Imperial College, Brunel
University, Bristol Uni, Surrey University,
University of the Arts, HEFCE, University of
Sussex, Institute of Cancer Research
› Currently seeing a 60:40 split in favour of HPC
› The SDC(South) framework is now at ~220 racks
and a committed power from the tenants of
~2.3MW – all in just over 2 years

14.
R&D on new services for researchers
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Research Data
Shared Service
› Procurement concluded and
suppliers selected
› Now building the service to the
community’s requirements
› 13 pilot institutions
› Research Data Network
› Find out more:
researchdata.jiscinvolve.org